I brought the Spring into the house,
But the Spring did not stay;
I filled a jar with young green boughs,
Delicate, fresh, and gay;
But they missed the sunny, the windy air,
The house seemed dark to them, full of care,
And they withered away.
I will go and follow the Spring
Over the hills away;
Light is laughing there, birds awing,
And all Spring on a spray;
By half-seen blossoms and trailing vines
Where the wind flows and the sun shines
I'll laugh and I'll play.
The Spring will go with me, hand in hand,
Happily all the way,
Showing me over his wide green land
All in its new array.
The house is Winter's where youth will pine
But out-of-doors is the Spring's and mine
For the whole bright day.
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 1931
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
But the Spring did not stay;
I filled a jar with young green boughs,
Delicate, fresh, and gay;
But they missed the sunny, the windy air,
The house seemed dark to them, full of care,
And they withered away.
I will go and follow the Spring
Over the hills away;
Light is laughing there, birds awing,
And all Spring on a spray;
By half-seen blossoms and trailing vines
Where the wind flows and the sun shines
I'll laugh and I'll play.
The Spring will go with me, hand in hand,
Happily all the way,
Showing me over his wide green land
All in its new array.
The house is Winter's where youth will pine
But out-of-doors is the Spring's and mine
For the whole bright day.
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 1931
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
